[PATCH v3 03/24] vmlinux.lds.h: refactor BOUNDED_SECTION_* macros into bounded_sections.lds.h

From: Jim Cromie

Date: Mon Jun 01 2026 - 08:07:27 EST


Move BOUNDED_SECTION_* macros to a new helper file:
include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h and include it back into
vmlinux.lds.h. This allows its reuse later to fix a failure to keep
dyndbg sections in some circumstances.

NOTES:

These macros are only for use in vmlinux.lds.h, where the _start &
_end symbols are needed. Modules keep sections separate in ELF
sections, with their boundaries known, so the _start and _end are not
useful, and may confuse tools not expecting them.

This patch ignores a checkpatch warning, because new file is covered
by "GENERIC INCLUDE/ASM HEADER FILES" in MAINTAINERS

CC: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
CC: linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v3: move include to top
---
include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 31 +------------------------
2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c29293ca7fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+
+#ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_BOUNDED_SECTIONS_H
+#define _ASM_GENERIC_BOUNDED_SECTIONS_H
+
+#define BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_) \
+ _BEGIN_##_label_ = .; \
+ KEEP(*(_sec_)) \
+ _END_##_label_ = .;
+
+#define BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_) \
+ _label_##_BEGIN_ = .; \
+ KEEP(*(_sec_)) \
+ _label_##_END_ = .;
+
+#define BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_sec_, _label_) \
+ BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, __start, __stop)
+
+#define BOUNDED_SECTION(_sec) BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_sec, _sec)
+
+#define HEADERED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_, _HDR_) \
+ _HDR_##_label_ = .; \
+ KEEP(*(.gnu.linkonce.##_sec_)) \
+ BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)
+
+#define HEADERED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_, _HDR_) \
+ _label_##_HDR_ = .; \
+ KEEP(*(.gnu.linkonce.##_sec_)) \
+ BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)
+
+#define HEADERED_SECTION_BY(_sec_, _label_) \
+ HEADERED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, __start, __stop)
+
+#define HEADERED_SECTION(_sec) HEADERED_SECTION_BY(_sec, _sec)
+
+#endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_BOUNDED_SECTIONS_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 60c8c22fd3e4..9c61dd083f26 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
* [__nosave_begin, __nosave_end] for the nosave data
*/

+#include <asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h>
#include <asm-generic/codetag.lds.h>

#ifndef LOAD_OFFSET
@@ -211,36 +212,6 @@
# endif
#endif

-#define BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_) \
- _BEGIN_##_label_ = .; \
- KEEP(*(_sec_)) \
- _END_##_label_ = .;
-
-#define BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_) \
- _label_##_BEGIN_ = .; \
- KEEP(*(_sec_)) \
- _label_##_END_ = .;
-
-#define BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_sec_, _label_) \
- BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, __start, __stop)
-
-#define BOUNDED_SECTION(_sec) BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_sec, _sec)
-
-#define HEADERED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_, _HDR_) \
- _HDR_##_label_ = .; \
- KEEP(*(.gnu.linkonce.##_sec_)) \
- BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)
-
-#define HEADERED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_, _HDR_) \
- _label_##_HDR_ = .; \
- KEEP(*(.gnu.linkonce.##_sec_)) \
- BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)
-
-#define HEADERED_SECTION_BY(_sec_, _label_) \
- HEADERED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, __start, __stop)
-
-#define HEADERED_SECTION(_sec) HEADERED_SECTION_BY(_sec, _sec)
-
#ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
#define LIKELY_PROFILE() \
BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_ftrace_annotated_branch, _annotated_branch_profile)

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